I totally forgot!

I got tagged a LONG time ago...and totally forgot. Then when someone else tagged me again for the same thing, I remembered! Sorry for those who have been waiting for me to answer their tag. I'm ready now!

Three Joys:
(I can only pick three?!?!?! Seriously?!??!!?)
Well, not to sound cliche...
1. My sweet husband. I have to separate him from just my family because he deserves an entire number all by himself. He is so endearing and thoughtful. He loves me with all of his heart, and he makes me laugh. He has a deep testimony that keeps me grounded. These are some reasons why I love him: he picks up astrojumps in the rainy cold winter to get extra money for my birthday, he saves the last bite of his ice cream cone for me because he knows it's my favorite part...even though it's his favorite part too, he always asks how he can help, he asks me how I am before anything else is said on the phone, he lets me turn the heat on full blast when I'm cold even though he's roasting, he eats my burnt toast, he supports my "Little House" fetish, he always makes sure he's the one to pump the gas, he waits patiently while I finish singing to a song on the radio before we get out of the car, he puts my dinner in the microwave before his, and he asks my to sing while he plays piano because hearing me sing is "his favorite thing to do". Sorry...got a little carried away there. I don't think all my answers will be like that.
2. My sweet baby girl Ivy. When she was born I literally found a piece of my heart I didn't know existed. She doesn't belong to me...I belong to her! My life is committed to making her smile and helping her grow. When nothing else can make me laugh, she can. My life will never be the same again!
3. The scriptures. I LOVE studying the scriptures. I remember in college when I taught the gospel doctrine class in our ward, and I thought that I was totally under qualified because I had to teach returned missionaries and such. Because of that I would spend hours in the library preparing my lessons and just drenching myself in the scriptures. I would walk away from those times on cloud 9, feeling so connected with Heavenly Father. couldn't always remember what I read, but I always remembered how I felt. I unfortunately don't have time anymore to spend hours at a time reading the scriptures...but it's still something I look forward to.

Three Fears:
1. Losing someone I love. I am so dependant on the close people in my life - especially Robbie that I've tried to picture how I would function without them and I can't. I need them to be able to breath during the day. I just don't know if I would be strong enough...
2. The ocean. A couple feet into the water, no problem. Where I can't touch, irregular and irrational breathing. Where I can't see the bottom, panic attack. Where the people on shore look like barbies, will scream and cry. No other body of water scares me, only the ocean. Apparently I watched Jaws and the Discovery Channel too much.
3. Not progressing. I have a specific vision of who I want to become. There are certain things I want to change, certain things I want to acquire, and certain things I want to accomplish. What if I don't ever get there? Sometimes I lose motivation to move forward...sometimes I am too content with who I am. That scares me. I know that when you're not moving forward you are moving backwards...and I don't know about you, but I like the view a lot better when things are getting closer and not farther away.

Three Goals:
1. Become a better clogger.
2. Start singing with my quartet again.
3. Get as organized as my mother. **sigh** someday.

Three Current Obsessions:
1. Blogging.
2. Ivy.
3. Is that all I do? I need to get some control!

Three Random or Surprising Facts About Me:
1. I'm a phone-a-phobe. I hate talking on the phone and will avoid it at all costs. Actually, sometimes I am in the mood - and it's no problem. But generally... And I'm not sure when it started happening, because I wasn't always like this. If I thought hard enough I am sure I could trace it back to the source. Am I awful? Robbie sure gets tired of it. (sorry babe) That's something I am working on.
2. If anyone knows how much Robbie eats - this WILL be surprising. I out-eat Robbie on three things - cereal, ice cream, salmon. I'm a sucker for all three.
3. I find it easier to go out and do most things now with a baby than when I was pregnant. What's that about? I know that it should be completely the other way around. And it might change when that number grows to 2 kids, but for now, that's my story and I'm sticking to it! :)

Camping at Boulder Creek

Robbie and I held our breath and crossed our fingers and took our sweet 2 month old camping last week! **I know** And it actually turned out realy great! In fact, the day we came home, Ivy was really grumpy and I could not get her to stop crying...I pulled out all my tricks and nothing was working. So, I wrapped her up in her campfire smelling blankie and went outside to swing with her and she started smiling immediately! :) We went for 5 days with Robbie's family and we seriously had so much fun! I think we can all agree that it was a memorable and eventful weekend. We rode horses, went swimming, played games, and ate some really great food! Here are some highlights from our trip: Obviously, this girl LOVES to be outside!

Mason kept stealing Ivy's pacifiers and enjoyed sporting the pink flowers...

Soaking up the sun in her bouncer (no, she wasn't really in the sun - I'm not a bad mom!)

Rocking the sunglasses!

Getting ready for bed. If you look closely you can see that we had to keep her pacifier attatched to her with a paper clip so it wouldn't keep dropping in the dirt. :)

Kicking trash at "Bow to your Sensei"

Sheltering Ivy from the campfire - I really don't remember it being that smoky most of the time. We loved snuggling up to each other to keep each other warm by the fire. Good times.

I don't think anyone enjoyed the dirt as much as Tyson...

Except maybe Mason...

And the most exciting thing that happened this weekend was Mom Walker getting engaged!!!!

To her sweetheart Milan... don't they look good together?!

On what I decided was the "Sweetheart Bridge"! :) P.S. "WYMM" stands for Will you Marry Me. Congratulations mom!! We love you and are so excited for you and this new adventure!

Nuff said.

Robbie doing some dishes after dinner. He's never looked so hot! :)

Dallin liked to pretend he was an old man with his tree moss. Cutie pie...

I think I went a little overboard with the potatoes!

Ivy's first daiper change in "The Wild" :)

Two happy campers! And I think that wraps up a great weekend! Can't wait for the next campout! (Except we will definately be doing something about nursing in the freezing cold dead of night next time!)

Freezing The Moments

I was trying to organize some boxes, and I came across this poem that my mom wrote. I hope you don't mind me sharing it, mom, I just love it so much. It means so much to me, especially now that I have Ivy. It just sums up everything I feel. I cry every time I read it. Thank you mom, I love you too.

Freezing the Moments: Thoughts From Your Mother's Heart You came from heaven. WOW!

Wish I could freeze the moment.

The love is so strong inside me.
You rode under my heart for months; will we ever be "one" like that again?
I hope so!
I know we'll never be happy without you again.
You are irreplaceable; the most precious children ever born.
I marvel at your little toes and tiny fingers.
What a creation!
I want to memorize every detail of you. Even now, as you are growing.

Wishing I could freeze the moments.

With whatever happens, I won't ever forget.
God's children as well as ours.
Treasures of my life!
Nothing is so rich as being a parent.
David O. McKay said, "the nearest thing to Christ's love for mankind is a mother's love for her child."
Our families and testimonies are the most prized of all such pearls.
I hope you can be happy and have a whole lifetime of small celebrations.

Wish I could freeze the moments.

3 John 1:4 "I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth."
No matter what comes in life, I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU.
The welling up of love in my heart when I see you achieve according to your abilities and walk in righteousness is indescribable.

Wish I could freeze the moments.

I will think you are the best basketball player even when you don't score a point.
I will listen only to your voice in the choir.
I will have to sit on my hands to keep from applauding when you give a talk.
Wishing I could freeze the moments.

I am committed to you:
Teaching you right from wrong.
Thousands of meals.
Piles of laundry.
Countless stories and songs.
Miles of taxi service.
Hours of nursing.
Unlimited listening.
Bunches of compliments.
Endless prayers.

Wishing I could freeze the moments.

Hopes, to convince you how beautiful you are.
To be able to teach you kindness and gratitude.
Wanting to always protect you form hurting, but knowing there will be times when you'll have to grow.
All the love I have won't be enough to keep you from making mistakes.
The Lord designed the way so we would cherish and magnify treasures that matter most.

Freezing moments in our minds and hearts.

It is hard to see you become independent young men and women.
I can promise you I am trying to freeze the moments in MY mind and heart.
One thing I can't promise.
When you leave home to meet the world; I can't promise not to cry.
I cried for joy when you came;
I will cry when you go.

The moments are frozen in my heart.

I Love you.

Unfortunately...

My laptop finally died. After many a year of allowing me to explore it's world, and use it's memory...it decided that it was time to join all other laptops who went before. We barely got my pictures off of it just in time. Thus the reason I haven't updated our blog in a while. Robbie works on our desktop computer all day making it hard for me to find time to use it. It might not seem like a big deal, but that laptop organized my life! Now I am a bit scatter-brained. Wo is me who now has to rebuild all my "favorites", try to remember all my links, and recompose all my data. I will miss you laptop...you were so good to me.

Ivy's Blessing Day

Ivy was given a name and a blessing this last Sunday, July 7th, in church. It was beautiful. Robbie did a wonderful job and, of course, made me cry. My mother jotted down a few notes about what the blessing said which will be such a sweet keepsake for all of us. I felt so amazed and grateful that Robbie was giving a blessing to our sweet baby girl...our daughter...our baby!


To make the experience even better - Ivy was beautiful in her GORGEOUS blessing dress! Rachel (Knight) Hunsaker made her dress, and, seriously - I couldn't have dreamed anything more amazing! Rachel-Thank you ONCE AGAIN for that precious gift! It's going to be quite the keepsake for her. Thank you so much - It meant SO much to us! And by the way everyone...


Rachel makes all kinds of gorgeous-take-your-breath-away blessing dresses and sells them! You should all ask her about it on her blog...(colbyandrachel.blogspot.com) If you are in need or want of a blessing dress I HIGHLY recommend buying from Rachel. And just so you know Rachel, I had a bunch of people tell me at church that when their next daughter got blessed they were going to get your info from me. :)


Here are some pictures of the memorable occasion: (Sorry about the sideways pictures, I have no idea what's going on...) And here are some pictures of her dress: All blessing dresses aside, I was thinking on Sunday of all the wonderful things her blessing said she could grow up to become, and how Robbie and I as her parents were going to help her get there. I always thought of the word "Mother" as such a sacred word. It accompanied so much wisdom and knowledge and patience and talent. And now - in just one day - I have taken that name, that sacred name. WOW! What faith my Heavenly Father must have in me. That's a lot to take in. I don't feel worthy yet to be called Mother from this beautiful special child, and I'm sure I never will...but I'm sure grateful that I get the chance to try.


I love you my sweet Ivy. Thank you for letting me of all people be your mom...I am amazed by you. I will always cherish your blessing day and how we were able to celebrate and bless your life. The day you were born, I found a piece of my heart I never knew existed. I can't imagine how Heaven must miss you. I love you.